St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-05

'olA DlCKefSOn, CapltallSt anu speCu1atoA
well known on the Pacific coast. He was en-
gagged at Chihuahua as manager of several
mines, in which he had large interest.
| Daniel Diamond shot and instantly killed
| William Crane, near Helena, Ark. They
quarreled about the possession of a fishing
net, which was the property of Diamond.
William r. Mccullough, chief engineer OF
the steamship Comal who was arrested at
Galveston, Tex, on the charge of numbering
John I. Graham, a coal handler, while en-
route from New York, has been placed under
$1,000 bail for trial at the November term of
the United States Court. Two witnesses
were also placed under bonds.
Joseph Jacques, cabinetmaker, and his
son-ln-law, August Pathe quarreled in Mil
waukee, Wis, about the price to be charged
tor small job. Jacques plunged big knife
into Pathes abdomen. With the weapon
sticking in his body Pathe pursued his
tather-in-law several blocks returned to his
house and pulled the weapon ont. He will
die Jacques was last seen making for the
river bareheaded, and is believed to have
committed suicide.
4hell CliI ClCl9oIl Ol TIdChNlllt, d., Has
been arrested on the charge of causing his
wifes death. The couple were seen fighting
in their yard and the woman ran into the
house, followed by her husband. Subse-
quently Mrs. Stenson fell from the second
story window and was impaled on a picket
fence. She died almost instantly.
John Barrett, sixteen years old, who was
shot in New York by the Italian, Lumgo-
bardi, while defending his sisters from the
others insults, has died.
DR.. ]. A. Hopkins, we'll ll-known physician
of Parkerville, Kan, was shot and killed by
H. S. Day, mayor of Parkerville. Bad feel
ing has existed between the two parties for
some time, growing out of the separation of
Hopkins from his wife, who is a niece of
Days.
William A. Thomas, a discharged night
watchman, of Philadelphia, was found dead
on the sidewalk in front of his mother-in-
laws house in Baltimore Foul play is
suspected.
Recently barn at Leithsville, Pa, was
destroyed by fire. The next night second
attempt at robbery and incendiarism was
discovered at the same farm, and the people
now searching the woods for the perpe-
rators, supposed to be tramps.
Counterfeit postal cards have been discov-
cred in Pittsburg, so skillfully executed that
their detection is very difficult. 1t is thought
they came from New York.
A telegram from Toronto Ontario, says
Philip Hertz, cashier of the Willard Trade
Depository, has fed to the United States
with $4,000 of the depository's funds.
The conference committees of the Tam
many Hall and County Democracy of New
York have nominated the following union
Democracy ticket For justices of the Su-
preme Court, Morgan J. O Brien, A. R. Law
renee; judges of the City Court H. T. Nc
Gowan, w. F. Titsche; district attorney,
Colonel John R. Fellows; president of the
Board of Aldermen, George U. Forster;
coroner, DR.. NJ. J. B. Messemer; judge of
General Sessions, Randolph B. MARITIME;
surrogate, Rastus Ransom; comptroller,
Theodore w. Meyers.
A telegram from Carlisle, Pa, says that
the constant use of money at elections in
that county has led the chairmen of the Re
publican and and Democratic committees to
issue joint circular, in which they mutually
agree to three things: ITO discountehance
corruption; to prosecute every case of
bribery, and to give 500 reward for infor-
nation that will lead to the conviction of any
person for bribery"
The convention of the American Shipping
and Industrial League has met in Boston.
Mayor O'Brien welcomed the delegates. Ten |
States were represented by $50 delegates. |
Y. R. Spofford, of Massachusetts, was chosen |
president. |
Frank Drake, Pennsylvania railroad |
brakeman, convicted of receiving cloth |
tolen from the company, was sentenced in
ohilad hia by Judge Arnold to three years
n the Eastern Penite ntiary.
Frank Credeford, alias Crawford, was
rrested in Philadelphia on suspicion of
'eing concerned in the murder of the woman
whose body was found at Railway, N. J.
The police are very reticent concerning the
rrest.
William Manning, aged twenty-one years,
Pennsylvania railroad brakeman, was
nocked from the top of freight car at
'rankfQrd Junction, Pa, and killed.
boiler used to test new well being dug
or the Burlington and Missouri Railroad
ompany, in Lincoln, Neb exploded re-
emily, killing Charles Thomas, the fireman,
nd seriously scalding two other workmen.
Nate Fredericks and two children died at
indlay, O., from the effects of Paris green
aten on cabbage. Mrs. Fredericks and
To other children are lying at the point of
cath.
At Allentown, Pa, Samuel Mebus was
illed and Titus Sterner fatally injured by
ne fall of a scaffold.
The fire at Marinette, Wis, destroyed two
locks, comprising twenty-five stores and
umber of dwellings. The total loss is es-
mated at 100000. The principal losers
e: O. B. Prime, dry goods, $4,000; Wat
m Brothers. hardware, s35OOO; J. G.
ance & Co., $1,000
c. W. Gauthier's fish-freezing house at I
Ontario partly filled with fish,
i'd the brig Lizzie Gibson, which lay in the
nal alongside the house. have been burned. I
oss, $4,000; insured.
The Little Rock Gazette publishes a report 9
a desperate fight between avigilance COM Z
ittee and gang of outlaws on the North '
0rk of the Arkansas river in the Indian !
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